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The subtitles are finished!

I sincerely hope I have just powered down Final Cut Pro (the beastly film editing software we have used to edit The Road to Fondwa) for the last time in my life.

Final Cut Pro and I have had a bit of a strained relationship.

You see, I thought I was a pretty smart guy, getting a brilliant filmmaker like Justin Brandon to come and make a film with us in Haiti.

I could be the idea guy, and the film would just “happen.”

Didn’t quite turn out that way!

Once we had over 40 hours of incredible footage from throughout Haiti, we sat down at Danny’s home in Boston to watch it through. That’s when we realized how difficult it would be for Justin to edit the film… since he doesn’t speak Haitian Creole!

95% of our footage was in a language that our editor didn’t understand.

So we took stock of the situation… and resorted to desperate measures.

Danny and I each picked up a MacBook Pro so we could use Final Cut Pro. We each learned how to use at least the remedial functions (Danny ended up really getting the hang of it), and we worked on the film as a team.

That’s why we now have a film that all three of us feel is “ours”… but Final Cut Pro still has to go!

I may ceremoniously delete it from my computer after we ship the DVD off for duplication

-Brian

Danny, Justin and I have been working on The Road to Fondwa for about 2 years now.

It’s finally time to tell the whole “behind the scenes” story and share the film with everyone who has been waiting!

What began as little more than an idea two years ago has taken the three of us on the adventure of a lifetime, and we’re glad that you’ll be following along as we build up to the anticipated release of the film. If you haven’t done so already, you can sign up to the right to hear about new stories, video clips, and tales from behind the scenes as they’re posted here on the blog.

For right now, I’d like to share with you Justin’s view of how this all began. It hasn’t been all smooth sailing, that’s for sure… you’ll want to download Justin’s story to read all about it!

Download Justin’s tale here (.pdf)

Be sure to let him know what you think in your comments right here on the blog.

Mesi anpil,

Brian

We actually made this trailer long before the film took on its current form.

We just took some of our favorite clips, best music, and most interesting quotes, and put them together. In the end, we had a nice trailer!

This video has proven to be even more popular than our professionally made trailer. Much to Danny’s chagrin!